Iris was having an absolutely miserable week at the theater. It seemed like absolutely nothing was going her way! Everything started when the next play the Flower Division would perform was announced...
"Waaaah!" Iris screamed out as the roles were announced "I want to play the fair maiden this time!" She stomped her foot as the roles were announced. As usual this type of role fell into Sumire's lap.
"Now Iris, I know you're upset but you'll get to lead in next month's safari play." Ogami tried to calm her down. "Besides, your role is very important! The play would be nothing with the spoiled stepsister character!" He tried to insist that she be happy with her role as the plays villain.
"Ohohoho! Relax, Iris, maybe when you're older you can be the theater's Top Star. Hmm, maybe not. I'll shine as bright as ever in the future." Sumire patted Iris on the head as she gloated and walked away.
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That wasn't the end of Iris' bad week, no it was only the start. Things continued the next day when she had to be carried to her room by Ayame. "Noooo! I don’t want to go to bed!" Iris yelled out as she was tucked in. She had snuck out of her room in the middle of the night and found Yoneda, Maria, Kanna, and Ayame in the theater's parlor drinking some weird red drink. She assumed they were having some kind of party and wanted to join in, only for Ayame to put her to bed.
"I'm sorry Iris, but that was a grown up party. Not even Sakura can join us yet." Ayame explain as she blew out Iris' candle. "Just wait until you're older, okay?"
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The next day Iris decided to avoid the people she was mad at and spend time with Kanna, who generally didn't make any quips about Iris's age.
As Kanna lifted some dumbells as part of her training, Iris clapped along in joy. She looked so cool as she was doing it! This gave Iris some inspiration and she tried to lift one of her own to imitate Kanna. Sadly she couldn't even lift them a single inch off the ground.
"Haha, that's a bit too much for you, sport." Kanna patted Iris on the head "Maybe we can start you off with something smaller and in a few years you can try those!"
Iris was practically growing red. "No! I want to be cool now!" She yelled, not wanting to go through all that work
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"Mon Frere!" Iris slid down the theater stairs as she called out to Ogami. Today was her chance, she was going to ask him out on a date!
However as she got closer to him she saw he was already on his way out of the theater lobby and he was with someone else, Sakura!
"Ah, Iris!" Ogami seemed very nervous. Everyone at the theater recognized this as the expression he would make whenever he was trying to sneak off on a date with someone. "Me and Sakura were um, going to run some errands! So can you just wait here and-"
Before Ogami even finished talking Iris began to walk away without a word, utterly disappointed.
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After a week like that, Iris had her sights set out on revenge. Why should she be the only one at the theater who wasn't treated like an adult? So what if she was a child? She was slightly taller than average height for her age! It was about time she got the respect she deserved!
To that end, Iris snuck into Kohran's workshop and stole what she needed to get respect. Kohran's Mr. Swapper machine! A few months ago, Ogami's best friend Kayama had been put in the bodies of the Flower Division. For most of them it felt like they fell asleep, but Iris had ended up swapping bodies with him and remembered the whole thing! With this device she could become anyone and enjoy being an adult for a while.
With the device safely stashed under her bed, Iris lured her target into her room by saying she wanted to show them a new stuffed animal. As Iris locked the door she couldn't even imagine why she would be cast as the villain in the new play, she was clearly the damsel saving herself from distress here!
Once her target wasn't looking in the direction of her bed, Iris quickly activated the device before moving far from the bed herself. Everything was normal for a few seconds, but after a moment things began to go black as she swapped bodies with....   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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